exactingness
Example Sentences
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His exactingness and workaholism have given the franchise an uplift that is hard to measure but undeniably impactful.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2020
The exactingness of the desire for public spectacles increased, even in secondary cities.
From Characters and events of Roman History by Frances Lance Ferrero
For the prettiest thing in Rosy was her love for her little brother, only it was often spoilt by her exactingness.
From Rosy by Mrs. Molesworth
In the second we find a jealousy which has no love in it; which means the exactingness of self-love, and the tyranny of possession.
From A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Stephen so thoroughly understood this exactingness on her part that he adjusted his life to it, as a conscientious school-boy adjusts his to bells and signals, and never trespassed knowingly.
From Mercy Philbrick's Choice by Helen Hunt Jackson
